Eight killed as Russian missiles slam into Ukrainian city

Three Russian missiles slammed into a central area of the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv on Wednesday, hitting an eight-storey apartment building and killing at least eight people, local officials said (Russian Defence Ministry Press Service/AP)

Three Russian missiles slammed into a central area of the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv on Wednesday, hitting an eight-storey apartment building and killing at least eight people, local officials said.

At least 18 people were injured in the morning attack, the city’s acting mayor, Oleksandr Lomako, said.